Harry wrote: > The two Basic Assumptions of Classical Political Economy are: > > "Man's desires are unlimited."
As usual, the cavemen (who made Classical Political Economy, by & for the greedheads) pretend to speak for everyone, when in fact they only speak for themselves. As if those who apply voluntary modesty weren't humans! > "Man seeks to satisfy his desires with the least exertion." > > The first assumption explains why Man exerts, the second explains why there > is progress. Progress is made by Producers -- not by Predators (they prefer the stone-age). > Getting a greater return for > less exertion is the hallmark of economic progress. Ever-greater rip-off by a few super-rich isn't progress -- it's not even economic progress, and much less social and technological progress. Progress (mainly technical) is indeed about minimizing exertion, but this could & should be used to improve the quality of life in societies, and to improve the environment, not to make a few billionaires even richer. Chris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] https://lists.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
